I think it is a tragedy that so few people in our country speak two languages. I read an article once that said that around 9% of our country speak two languages fluently. That being said, while English is not the official language I think it would be foolish to deny that it is the unifying national language. Of course there are going to be areas where other languages are spoken but in order to thrive in this country you have to know English. I think it does a disservice to immigrants when well meaning people do not encourage them to learn and speak English.
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